Return of the Swallow

"What Cao Guozhang said is that the emperor's kindness is mighty, and we, as ministers, must do our best to serve the country and be loyal to the country, and we must not do anything worthy of the emperor. Guozhang is now responsible for liaising with the Tartars, but we must not let it down. entrusted by the emperor.

"Humans, energy is limited in the end, especially for people like Cao Guozhang who are in the Spring and Autumn Period, their minds will inevitably be confused. You are busy contacting the Tartars, and you can still be distracted to visit our house, which is really admirable. , but I still want to remind you kindly that you should not miscalculate your account and not be clear about your priorities, and you will betray the emperor's trust in you."

Qin Huaiyuan's voice was still as calm as usual, calm and elegant, with a faint smile on his ears.

But in words, every sentence poked into Cao Guozhang's heart sharply. He hugged Princess Tatar's thigh to please Emperor Dayan, and took advantage of his recovery to trample the Qin family. thorough.

Cao Guozhang's face was red with anger, his feet stopped, he turned his head and stared at Qin Huaiyuan angrily, and said with a trembling beard: "Okay, very good! The Marquis of Anping is really good-natured, maybe the old husband of Marquis Anping died. The son has also forgotten what attitude to use when speaking to his father-in-law, right?"

Qin Huaiyuan smiled and said, "Cao Guozhang is joking. I thought you didn't remember that I was still your son-in-law."

"You!" Cao Guozhang pointed at Qin Huaiyuan with trembling fingertips, and said after a while, "Wait for me!"

"No hurry, Guozhang, I'm right here, waiting for you." Qin Huaiyuan smiled, his eyes cold.

Cao Guozhang only felt that all the scenery after his recovery, in Qin Huaiyuan's piercing eyes, was like a beauty who had been stripped of her clothes. All the beauty was gone, only humiliation.

At this time, several people had already walked to the door of ceremony, and Cao Guozhang also saw Qin Yining standing in front of the flower door.

He was too lazy to pay attention to the daughter of the Qin family, but Qin Yining's handsome appearance was really reminiscent of Qin Huaiyuan when he was young, not to mention the deep grievances between Qin Yining and the queen.

Last time, the queen wanted to use the flesh of a beautiful woman to keep her face, but Qin Yining was useless, but she killed two concubines in the palace.

Cao Guozhang did not agree with the queen's practice. But his own daughter spoiled himself. Even if the queen did something wrong, Cao Guozhang was not willing to admit that it was the queen's fault. He attributed all the faults to Qin Yining.

If Qin Yining hadn't made the queen angry, how could the queen be like this?

Cao Guozhang looked at Qin Yining with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile, "It turned out to be Fourth Miss Qin, who almost became my granddaughter-in-law back then.

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Qin Yining heard the tit-for-tat remarks between Qin Huaiyuan and Cao Guozhang early on. He naturally knew his position at this time, and just greeted him with a polite salute, and said with a smile:

"Little girls don't dare to climb high. Cao's family is free and easy, and Mr. Cao's actions have inherited the essence of the professors in your house. The little girl is ignorant, lacking courage and vision, and she thinks that she is not worthy of the free and unrestrained character of Mr. Cao. ."

Cao Guozhang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

He naturally knew that the queen wanted to promise Qin Yining to his grandson Cao Chengjun in front of the emperor.

I don't know what Cao Chengjun was thinking, but when he was in the palace, he tried to play tricks on Qin Yining. He called into the palace and reprimanded him, saying that his family was not strict and his grandson was not good at teaching.

When Qin Yining mentions it now, he is simply hitting him in the face!

"Good, good, good! It really is a tiger father and no dog daughter, with the same sharp teeth and sharp mouth." Cao Guozhang sneered.

Qin Yining smiled and said, "Thank you Cao Guozhang for your praise. A little girl is not afraid to be a good girl. Compared with the Guozhang and the empress, the little girl is willing to be inferior."

Cao Guozhang's hands were trembling with anger, and he felt that it was too ugly to quarrel with a little girl here.

It's no use saying anything, he just wants to kill them now!

"I won't send you far, the father-in-law walks slowly." Qin Huaiyuan saluted with a smile.

Qin Yining also brought his servants to salute.

Cao Guozhang was furious and walked very fast under the crown, looking at his back, it seemed like he was running away.

Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan kept watching, until the people were gone, the servants closed the door, and Cao Guozhang could no longer be seen, Qin Yining burst out laughing.

The second master wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said anxiously, "How can this be good? Sister Yi, can you still laugh? Didn't you just say that, you've just made everyone guilty?"

Qin Yining and Qin Huaiyuan looked at each other.

Qin Yining smiled and said: "Second uncle, don't panic, even if we treat the Cao family with courtesy, they should bully our family as usual. It's on my father and yours?"

The second master nodded and said, "The Ministry of Household has been short of money for many years. In fact, there has long been that kind of evil spirit in our court. Many officials have borrowed money from the Ministry of Household, and took the IOU to press the account to the Ministry of Household, and now there is only one left. There is no money in the IOU, the imperial court will use money to fight, and the emperor will also need money to find talented people and craftsmen, so if the money is not enough, Cao Guozhang wants to use this to stab our hearts."

"He will think of a way to use this matter to say that my father's affairs are not good. When the court is using money, the emperor must be more concerned about this matter. If I put my father out, I'm afraid the situation will not be good."

Qin Yining frowned with worry. The appearance of worry is completely different from the person who dared to confront Cao Guozhang in person just now.

Qin Huaiyuan shook his head, "This is called a closed door disaster coming from the sky. I have already saved my heart to go to seclusion and go fishing in Yanju, just waiting to live and die with the emperor, but people still take the initiative to come to the door. Second brother, You don't have to worry, even if I kneel down and beg him now, they won't be soft on us. I did say a lot of things on impulse today, but it's a lot easier to say, but it's hard for you to be burdened and implicated. "

The second master waved his hand and said: "What did the eldest brother say, even if there is no such thing, we are still a family, your business is mine, for those who want to harm us, if they want to harm others, they can find an excuse no matter what. Yes, not bad this time."

Qin Huaiyuan smiled wryly, without the high spirits in front of Cao Guozhang.

At this time, his shoulders slumped tiredly, and he was different from the person who was always tall and straight in the past.

The father, daughter, uncle and nephew took their servants into the Chuihuamen, and went straight to the door of Cixiaoyuan. Qin Huaiyuan sighed and said, "The emperor cares about him, and he naturally wants to take advantage of this time to harm our family. I think now The situation is over, the emperor's temperament, as long as Cao Guozhang gives him a little hope, saying that the Tartars may come to help, even if the emperor orders my life immediately, the emperor will not hesitate. I really..."

Hearing this, the second master was so sad that he almost burst into tears.

Qin Huaiyuan has worked hard for the country for many years, worked hard, and devoted himself to the administration of the government wholeheartedly. Unexpectedly, he has ended up in such a state.

Qin Yining looked at Qin Huaiyuan and the second master worriedly.

She knows that it is really sad that someone who has been loyal to the court for a lifetime has been suppressed by the emperor to this extent by condoning Cao Guozhang. This kind of thing cannot be solved with a few words from others.

Qin Yining could only laugh and said: "Father, second uncle, don't worry, I don't think this matter will get out of control. After all, now that Cao Guozhang has no evidence, he can't go to the emperor to perform his father's performance. When you have time, you can always figure out a way.”

Qin Yining smiled, and the warm smile made people feel like sunflowers bathed in the sun, which made people feel full of vitality and hope.

Qin Huaiyuan smiled and shook his head, no more words, and entered the second door.

This kind of thing can only be self-knowledge. Qin Yining knew that no amount of persuasion would be useless, so he went to see the old lady.

At this time, the female relatives were all gathered in the old lady's house.

When Qin Huaiyuan saw Qin Huaiyuan's return, she hurriedly returned to the room and lifted up the bead curtain at the door for Qin Huaiyuan, the second master and Qin Yining, and Jixiang lifted the yarn clip inside. Bamboo curtain.

After entering the house, the servant immediately put down the gauze curtain to isolate the mosquitoes that might fly into the house.

The old lady saw Qin Huaiyuan and hurriedly sat up.

"Meng Ge'er, what is Cao Guozhang doing here? Did something happen again? I think if you don't stop him today, he will bring someone in to raid the house."

"No, isn't it all right?" Qin Huaiyuan sat down beside the old lady, "You don't have to worry, it's not a big deal, it's just that money is needed for war now, and the Ministry of Household can't get money, so just I looked up some old things when I was prime minister in the past, maybe I want to count all the money that I lost on my head. But they don't have any definite evidence, so it's okay for now."

For now?

When the old lady heard these words, her face turned blue with anger, and she could hardly breathe.

Mammy Qin, who was standing beside the old lady, hurriedly helped the person to lie down, persuaded her softly, and then fed her saliva, and the old lady's face became slightly better.

"Isn't this about the death of our Qin family? Meng Ge'er is an honest official, how could he do such things as greed for ink! This is called desire plus sin, why worry about it!"

The words of the old lady, the children and family members of the whole house couldn't help crying anxiously.

Now their family has fallen down and scattered. After Qin Huaiyuan was forced to take office, the people who used to be close to him are no longer around. Everyone knows each other and does not disturb each other. Now that such a big thing has happened, I want to count on it. Whoever is willing to help Qin Huaiyuan say a word, it is simply more difficult.

However, Cao Guozhang is now in power again, and he is the dominant family in the court. Wouldn't he take the opportunity to seek revenge?

Whoever is an official in the imperial court has the right to speak.

And the second master is now just an official who does not care about the Ministry of Rites, and Qin Huaiyuan has no official position.

Their Qin family doesn't even have anyone to speak for them in the imperial court!

Everyone's faces were miserable.

Just when everyone was silent and the old lady and the Sun family were weeping silently, Qitai's voice suddenly came from outside.

"Master Hou, Master Hou!"

Qin Huaiyuan stood up and looked out the screen window.

I saw Qitai standing under the corridor, and the anxiety on his face could be clearly seen under the light.

"What's up?"

"Master Hou, the Crown Prince came to visit and bumped into Cao Guozhang in front of the door. The two of them collided in words, and they were scolding at this moment. Come and have a look!"